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a lot of interest in what is going on in the tricare and pentagon health care systems. i have a lot of staffers on the hill who are contacted me and my students all the time, trying to get information. i have not seen that translate into somebody who would fall on their swords, so to speak, to try and lead a complete transformation in how we think about war costs. i don't see anyone who is about to take that charge. a number of those who have looked at it carefully, for example bob filner, who was the head of the veterans committee who very much embraced reform ideas for the disability system. he left congress now and is mayor of san diego. so some of them have moved on. >> [indiscernible] >> two years ago when doug holtz-eakin and i were leading a discussion on the lifting of the debt ceiling, some other republicans who were there actually walked out of the room. this year we did not have that. tople were more willing listen. theink the extreme wing of tea party typically does not attend the harvard new members conferences. [laughter] >> among economists, is very signi
a lot of interest in what is going on in the tricare and pentagon health care systems. i have a lot of staffers on the hill who are contacted me and my students all the time, trying to get information. i have not seen that translate into somebody who would fall on their swords, so to speak, to try and lead a complete transformation in how we think about war costs. i don't see anyone who is about to take that charge. a number of those who have looked at it carefully, for example bob filner, who...
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pentagon,l, at the ultimately responsibility is to the pentagon comptroller, who reports directly to the secretary of defense. but under the weird way the defense department was established after world war i -- after worldre war ii, the defense department lobbying congress, were allowed to retain independent authority. so they have their own accounting systems. the secretary of defense has had little power to force them to bring together any united system in which data can be shared. host: in your story, you talk dfas.this agency called what is that? >> the defense finance accounting service, and it handles a lot of jobs, everything from military pay to paying the bills to basic accounting on behalf of military services. but there are quite a lot of -- it operatese to a large extent on machines. each of the military services has their own completely different sets of machines with different kind of data that has to be forced from pipelines. there has been an endless stream of errors, and numbers that do not add up. is financial statements fiction because there is no way to come up wi
pentagon,l, at the ultimately responsibility is to the pentagon comptroller, who reports directly to the secretary of defense. but under the weird way the defense department was established after world war i -- after worldre war ii, the defense department lobbying congress, were allowed to retain independent authority. so they have their own accounting systems. the secretary of defense has had little power to force them to bring together any united system in which data can be shared. host: in...
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when i came to the pentagon, there were 492 recommendations in place. many of them dealt with mistreatment of detainees. 2006, ild also note by think we have prosecuted any number of soldiers, sailors, airmen or marines in the military court for detainee of use. a couple were for homicide. there was an ongoing legal process of a criminal nature for those who perpetrated the crimes. let me segue to the second part of your question about prosecuting of high government officials. the obama administration, when they came to office, took a look at specifically the cia's interpretation program and whether the legal advice provided to those running the orgram violated the law referral to the bars and they decided, although it was regretful and mistaken, that there were no crimes. you think the time for, as are suggesting, criminal accountability before the criminal court has passed. but i think that is with the state of play is. diana in massachusetts. diana, you are on the washington journal. caller: good morning charles and peter. i wanted to go back to the
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i am not seeking to criticize the pentagon. i'm trying to put it into a context involving the entire budget and all of the needs of the united states, not just the military needs. if you turn it around and say that we live in an extremely turbulent world and maybe we would like, after it in a stan -- after afghanistan and iraq, to pull back. and do nationbuilding at home. are we capable of doing nationbuilding at home in a world that remains as turbulent as it is? the am going to cite opportunity i had recently to write andh dad petraeus. one wasthis week and earlier this year in the washington post. we have tried to argue that these deficit deals that have been proposed would be wonderful to have an many ways. they are not essential. what you need to do, given that america's economy has so much promise, what you need to do is tip the curve on how we are increasing the debt. if we lower our expectations a little we can wind up in a reasonable place for the next five or 10 years. long-term entitlement is a big challenge. our col
i am not seeking to criticize the pentagon. i'm trying to put it into a context involving the entire budget and all of the needs of the united states, not just the military needs. if you turn it around and say that we live in an extremely turbulent world and maybe we would like, after it in a stan -- after afghanistan and iraq, to pull back. and do nationbuilding at home. are we capable of doing nationbuilding at home in a world that remains as turbulent as it is? the am going to cite...
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host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs. if we could provide more certainty for job creators, i know businesses would grow. he would hire. a part of that is to have certainty about our health care intem, which right now is major turmoil. employers do not know what to expect from the president's health care plan and their implications, so they are not hiring and they are laying off workers. if we could get that right, that would make a huge difference for our economy. the other thing is to spend wisely. budget,60% of the mandatory spending categories, and that is driving up the budget. it is time to be smart an
host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs....
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on the sequester in the pentagon, it's about 5%. it should be a non, should be a no brainer to get down to that level. but because of the way congress has decided to set it up and impose it and because of the way the pentagon has discarded the little bit of flexibility they have in implementing it, both entities have made it, know, a pretty painful exercise for all kinds of bad reasons. political agendas, don't you dare do this to us next year, you damn well better give us the money. you know, that behavior is all over the place. guest: winslow's 5% is actually a minimum of 10% off the president's f.y.2014 request, and given that he's going to exempt personnel it's actually 15% cut from the procurement and operations in maintenance budgets, which is quite a different thing. it's three times when he's talking about. guest: 10%, it's 52 billion for 2014, he's right about that being about 10% of the 2014 request. for 2013 it was turned out to be 37, maybe $32 billion, something well less than 10%. if you count all defense spending or w
on the sequester in the pentagon, it's about 5%. it should be a non, should be a no brainer to get down to that level. but because of the way congress has decided to set it up and impose it and because of the way the pentagon has discarded the little bit of flexibility they have in implementing it, both entities have made it, know, a pretty painful exercise for all kinds of bad reasons. political agendas, don't you dare do this to us next year, you damn well better give us the money. you know,...
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i don't think it's just about the pentagon. but the pentagon is the biggest bill payer in the sequestration. so there's a lot of attention being focused on it. host: we're talking about the bloomberg government posing new report on defense contracts spending where they found the top tender's 642012 defense contracts spending included eight democrats and two republicans. chris in jamaica, new york, independent. caller: my question concerned the outsourcing of contracts overseas. you covered how we breakdown the contracts across the united states. i was wondering what percentage of contracts are outsourced overseas? i know than it supports the economies overseas more than ours. i was just curious about that. also, you mentioned this morning about the f-35. are -- i spot the f-22 was going to be the last land jet -- manned jet aircraft moving forward. host: got it. guest: the outsourcing contracts overseas, a lot of the support for our bases overseas go to foreign companies. everything from picking up the trash at a base in german
i don't think it's just about the pentagon. but the pentagon is the biggest bill payer in the sequestration. so there's a lot of attention being focused on it. host: we're talking about the bloomberg government posing new report on defense contracts spending where they found the top tender's 642012 defense contracts spending included eight democrats and two republicans. chris in jamaica, new york, independent. caller: my question concerned the outsourcing of contracts overseas. you covered how...
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the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built by pratt whitney. some members of congress were pushing a second engine built by the arrival contractor in large political -- the hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to add it to another $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracted from some of the greater problems and challenges. >> does any other country in the world have this set up? >> no. no other country spends nearly what we do on this. >> is it good or bad that congress -- >> it is hopeful that congress acts as a check on some of these runaway programs. in many cases, congress is trying to sh the pentagon to do it staff that it does not want to do. members of congress wanted for their own interest. we continued to build tanks and ohio. why do we do that? members of the ohio delegation want the jobs. the army does not think it needs any more tanks. >> there is a " in your article about the marine corps is ability to get w
the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built by pratt whitney. some members of congress were pushing a second engine built by the arrival contractor in large political -- the hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to add it to another $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracted from some of the greater problems and challenges. >> does any other...
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they have been working with the pentagon. it is more of a collaborative efforts. i think they're going to push hard to have some ambitious legislation. as far as afghanistan, it depends on the summer. they have indicated that they will wait and see it before making any recommendation. the hill at least will look to see with the military leaders have to say. , there wasfghanistan a recommendation for 13,600 after 2014. the demonstration has not made a decision on it yet. made athing day decision. they're pushing this often a little bit. the afghans are getting look very concerned about this lack of clarity on the future. it is causing them all to head a little bit. ae fear of abandonment is real concern. at some point the administration will have to come up with their plan for post-2014. it is 18 months away. aboutis is still debate the numbers. the size is important. it will tell what they can do. terrorism a counter- force they're able to go after al qaeda targets. >>
they have been working with the pentagon. it is more of a collaborative efforts. i think they're going to push hard to have some ambitious legislation. as far as afghanistan, it depends on the summer. they have indicated that they will wait and see it before making any recommendation. the hill at least will look to see with the military leaders have to say. , there wasfghanistan a recommendation for 13,600 after 2014. the demonstration has not made a decision on it yet. made athing day...
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the pentagon was already billion to cut $150 over the next 10 years. sequestration would require $500 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. last week, the defense secretary warned that cuts of that magnitude would not only affect entitlements such as salaries, , and life,ucation but defense readiness and capability. the u.s., for some time, had been ready to fight two wars at the same time. would noe cuts, that longer seem to be possible, winning the american defense strategy would have to be radically altered. what to do, in a macro and micro sense? have asked highly respected defense and budgetary experts to explain reality and options to us. mckinsey egeland. she helped governor romney during the last presidential campaign. his loss should in no way be ascribed to mckinsey. our other expert is michael o'hanlon, a senior fellow at brookings. although he has written many books, he is most recently the author of "healing the wounded iant." our panelists authored an op-ed in the washington journal, urging congress to reverse sequestration, or watch mi
the pentagon was already billion to cut $150 over the next 10 years. sequestration would require $500 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. last week, the defense secretary warned that cuts of that magnitude would not only affect entitlements such as salaries, , and life,ucation but defense readiness and capability. the u.s., for some time, had been ready to fight two wars at the same time. would noe cuts, that longer seem to be possible, winning the american defense strategy would have to be...
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they have been working with the pentagon on this. it's not an antagonistic relationship. it is more of a collaborative effort. i think he will push hard to pass some very ambitious legislation. as far as afghanistan come i think it depends in large part on the summer. general dunford hasn't negated that they will wait and see before making any recommendations on the numbers. so i think that he'll at least will look to see what the military leaders have to say. you think on afghanistan, know, there was a recommendation 13,600 afterr for 2014. the administration has not made a decision on it yet. i don't think they really need to make a decision yet. so they are pushing that off a little bit. the fear is that the afghans are getting very concerned about this. this lack of clarity about the future is causing them all to hedge a little bit. a result, this fear of abandonment is a real concern. on some part, the it ministration will have to come up with their plan for post- teen, 18 months away. i think there is still a debate about the numbers. 2014, 18- for post months away.
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move ahead 12 years, the pentagon plan is 2443 plants, and $397.1 billion. the design and production, $84 billion has already been spent. what happened? >> the price has almost doubled. we are getting fewer planes for much money. we have spent an enormous amount of money and the plane is only about 17% tested. the software code is to be written. the marine version still having engineering challenges. what that slide tells you is the sheer amount of money -- the growth of this program in terms of the initial estimate was so different from the reality. this reflects the technical challenges. what critics will tell you is that this is a program that has run amok. it has run aground. it has run out of control. >> more video of the marine version, trying to work for your article showing how these planes. here is the marine video. >> ?-- ♪ ♪ >> helicopter landing ship, not a regular carrier. why do they need that? >> the marines have 11 of those types of ships. they have short? where they can fly planes like that and helicopters. the marines want to continue t
move ahead 12 years, the pentagon plan is 2443 plants, and $397.1 billion. the design and production, $84 billion has already been spent. what happened? >> the price has almost doubled. we are getting fewer planes for much money. we have spent an enormous amount of money and the plane is only about 17% tested. the software code is to be written. the marine version still having engineering challenges. what that slide tells you is the sheer amount of money -- the growth of this program in...
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should be those at the forefront the pentagon. not because they hate soldiers. on the contrary, because, as the founders in this republic correctly identified, the concentration of military power could constitute a threat to liberty. >> in the back of your book, it talks about the american empire project. some of the other people writing one who isject deceased, yourself, james, michael, and others, most of those people would not be categorized as conservative. rex why would you be a part of the group and what is it? >> it is not my project, but oni am happy to be part of it. i am thrilled to be part of it. the american empire project is a series of books published i metropolitan books, my publisher. the series conceived of by two guys, one of whom is named thanh englehart. tom is my editor. he is also my friend. he is emphatically a person of the left, in every aspect of his politics. am i there and still claiming to be a conservative? it is the answer i gave before. conservatives and principled people on the left can make common
should be those at the forefront the pentagon. not because they hate soldiers. on the contrary, because, as the founders in this republic correctly identified, the concentration of military power could constitute a threat to liberty. >> in the back of your book, it talks about the american empire project. some of the other people writing one who isject deceased, yourself, james, michael, and others, most of those people would not be categorized as conservative. rex why would you be a part...
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after that falls on the pentagon. if the pentagon agrees that they need to come down, that it is also over, but the way the budget control act and sequestration works is that they take -- what the bill does is round that out. you still get at the end of the 10-year period. the same 500 billion dollars cut in defense, but the pentagon gets back 20 billion this year. host: you mean that would've been cut under the sequester guest: yes. first, they don't like the full 500 billion dollar cut. the president's request is for smaller cut. i'm sure there are generals and admiral's that don't want to be cut at all. the head of the army was a first that i heard was doing this. defense, chuck hagel and all the other top brass picked this up. we slowed us down, give us time to implement. you slam it all and is so fast, we're going to have to find short-term things like cutting trading. trading is important for troops. host: the numbers for fiscal 2014, the budget for that pentagon cap the to 520 billion. for 2015, they capped at
after that falls on the pentagon. if the pentagon agrees that they need to come down, that it is also over, but the way the budget control act and sequestration works is that they take -- what the bill does is round that out. you still get at the end of the 10-year period. the same 500 billion dollars cut in defense, but the pentagon gets back 20 billion this year. host: you mean that would've been cut under the sequester guest: yes. first, they don't like the full 500 billion dollar cut. the...
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no specific proposal from the pentagon's top leadership, and that was really disappointing. for that commission to have a chance to put up there some specific proposals that could then be vetted and discussed and so forth, they needed a starting point from the pentagon. the pentagon has not advocated a proposal that a lot of people have put their hopes in, and that is a disappointment. they will continue to work and we will see that they come up with. we have to see whether the current pay and benefits system has affected our getting and keeping top quality folks. one example, we're going to increasingly need top-quality technical folks who can deal in the realm of cyber. we are competing with google and microsoft and all of those companies. maybe the current personnel system and the way we compensate people with a 20 year retirement plan is not what you need to recruit and retain those folks. my point is, in addition to trying to look at curtailing the long-term costs of the current personnel system, i think you also have to look and see whether the current system is effect
no specific proposal from the pentagon's top leadership, and that was really disappointing. for that commission to have a chance to put up there some specific proposals that could then be vetted and discussed and so forth, they needed a starting point from the pentagon. the pentagon has not advocated a proposal that a lot of people have put their hopes in, and that is a disappointment. they will continue to work and we will see that they come up with. we have to see whether the current pay and...
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one was 10-15 years ago you did the attack on the pentagon shoppers. 25% cut in dod acquisitions. that turns a lot of the over to theprocess contractors. did not work out particularly well. as far as expediting picture meant, every time anybody suggests beating up the process, gets in theress and says you are going too fast, we need to regulate and slow the whole thing down. problem, we have discovered the enemy, and it is us. how do you get those contradictory things that if you turn the industry loose, they ,nd up complicating the process and how does congress get out of y?e way to go ga >> anand gao. is i thinkthe first you are right, we contribute to the problem. the first thing is to understand how we contribute to the problem. beginning of finding solutions is understanding. secondly, i think it is a really good point, and i do not know if this analogy works or not, but walmart tolerates a certain , becausee of shrinkage if they absolutely prevented shoplifting from everyone of their stores they would frisk you coming and goings, and it is not worth the stores -- not worth t
one was 10-15 years ago you did the attack on the pentagon shoppers. 25% cut in dod acquisitions. that turns a lot of the over to theprocess contractors. did not work out particularly well. as far as expediting picture meant, every time anybody suggests beating up the process, gets in theress and says you are going too fast, we need to regulate and slow the whole thing down. problem, we have discovered the enemy, and it is us. how do you get those contradictory things that if you turn the...
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we do not make a thing at the pentagon. we depend on the industrial base to make our weapons systems, second only to our people, which make us the greatest military in the world. many of them will be affected directly by this. we will be cutting back on cuts -- on contractor spending. we have to find $36 billion between now and the ends of the year. the civilian military work force will only provide a low savings even if we do drastic things, a few billion dollars. all three of those populations upon whom we depend will have immediate. >> in your view, how many of these initial cuts will have lasting effects that will trickle on and be felt in the years ahead? >> that is a good question. >> readiness, if it is not immediate, how soon until the cuts will impact readiness for years to come? >> good question. we are doing everything we can to minimize lasting damage. you cannot eliminate it. i will give you two examples right away. when you cannot afford to begin overhaul or maintenance of a ship and you do for that maintenanc
we do not make a thing at the pentagon. we depend on the industrial base to make our weapons systems, second only to our people, which make us the greatest military in the world. many of them will be affected directly by this. we will be cutting back on cuts -- on contractor spending. we have to find $36 billion between now and the ends of the year. the civilian military work force will only provide a low savings even if we do drastic things, a few billion dollars. all three of those...
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money the pentagon spends and admirals and generals. host: good morning, it is monday, august 5. congress is not in session as members are home in their the next five weeks for the and -- for the annual recess. president obama is in washington today, scheduled with meetings with senior advisers. are on alert after terror warnings from the state department and terror officials. you'll get more on that this morning. we want to focus on the top federal budget questions that congress will have to address when it returns next month. today,ominent voices including david petraeus, are calling for a compromise. and eric cantor went on one of the sunday on one of talk shows to tell what his view might look like. we want to ask you whether you believe a copper rises possible and how much copper mines would you be ok with? the phones are open. republicans can call at yashin that -- republicans can call at -- you can also catch up with us on all of your favorite social atia sites or e-mail us journal@c-span.org. a good monday morning to you. i want to take you to the opinion piece by david p
money the pentagon spends and admirals and generals. host: good morning, it is monday, august 5. congress is not in session as members are home in their the next five weeks for the and -- for the annual recess. president obama is in washington today, scheduled with meetings with senior advisers. are on alert after terror warnings from the state department and terror officials. you'll get more on that this morning. we want to focus on the top federal budget questions that congress will have to...
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she was banned to her specific order in the pentagon. when she went to other areas of the pentagon, she had to remove it. we are fighting through now, what is the way we will deal with these religious accommodations and apparel requests. that remains as the last frontier. this plays out in another area, as well. not only do you have the grooming and apparel issues we have to work through. the idea of a free exercise clause. if you are a chaplain in the military, with the same sex benefit, the demise of don't ask, don't tell, and the right to have a sexual orientation of your choosing and serve openly, what is your role as a military chaplain? we have chaplains from each of our different places across the dod. you might be a rabbi and yet you are having chaplain duties requiring you to administer and take care of the needs of everyone in your unit, not just your own faith group. if you have got a requirement to perform council into a couple looking for counseling on same- sex couples, and your conscience prohibits you from doing that, wha
she was banned to her specific order in the pentagon. when she went to other areas of the pentagon, she had to remove it. we are fighting through now, what is the way we will deal with these religious accommodations and apparel requests. that remains as the last frontier. this plays out in another area, as well. not only do you have the grooming and apparel issues we have to work through. the idea of a free exercise clause. if you are a chaplain in the military, with the same sex benefit, the...
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guest: the cia and pentagon. judicial watch put in a freedom of information request to the pentagon and cia for records of contact between the filmmakers and those agencies. they came up with a stack of papers about that day. -- about that big. they show the filmmakers did extensive access. they got a 14-page transcript of an interview with the head of intelligence at the pentagon. i do not know that he turned over classified information, but he was a bit starstruck by these people. you can almost see cogs going around in his brain thinking about how he might be portrayed in the film. i do not know that he is portrayed in the film. the filmmakers spent a day or two at the cia headquarters in virginia. they met with the current acting director of the cia who was then deputy director of the cia. he was involved in the osama bin laden hunt. they did have extensive access. the cia documents on this are fairly reactive -- redactive and censored. that suggests there is classified information. it may just be the identit
guest: the cia and pentagon. judicial watch put in a freedom of information request to the pentagon and cia for records of contact between the filmmakers and those agencies. they came up with a stack of papers about that day. -- about that big. they show the filmmakers did extensive access. they got a 14-page transcript of an interview with the head of intelligence at the pentagon. i do not know that he turned over classified information, but he was a bit starstruck by these people. you can...
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i now cover the pentagon. i was interested to look at what iraq looks like and feels like 10 years after the invasion. i am only here for 10 days this time. ae main story i wrote was sweeping story, taking a wide angle view at what the new iraq looks like, the sharp contrast, the challenges that remain. i am working on another story later this week, looking at what has become of the u.s. role in a rock and how that differs -- a rack how that differs from how -- what the u.s. should accomplish when it was drawing up plans for a post-military presence. ant: give our viewers and -- idea. what does it look like in iraq 10 years later? guest: sharp contrast. it is a group of very secure provinces. they have been able to attract a lot of foreign investment. the south, you also have a resurgence. have a economies doing fairly well, largely the result of a boom of religious tortas and -- toward. sunii are a mix of residents. -- they weren't really able to secure a foothold basing in the government. they don't feel the
i now cover the pentagon. i was interested to look at what iraq looks like and feels like 10 years after the invasion. i am only here for 10 days this time. ae main story i wrote was sweeping story, taking a wide angle view at what the new iraq looks like, the sharp contrast, the challenges that remain. i am working on another story later this week, looking at what has become of the u.s. role in a rock and how that differs -- a rack how that differs from how -- what the u.s. should accomplish...
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talking to people in the pentagon, a lot of them would agree with that. the problem is they are halfway through the year. they have not been preparing for this at all. they will have to squeeze all of these cuts into a six-month period. the next six months, it is implemented, it will have an impact. in 2014, it will probably be more manageable. they will be able to choose where they want to make the cuts. host: our guest is marcus weisgerber of "defense news." the first call is from mark from michigan, a democrat. good morning. caller: hello? i was wondering. the money appropriated for hurricane sandy was over $50 billion. the money to be taken away from this is about the same. they are saying the sequestration is so terrible about job loss. how come it has not affected job gains on the east coast in the same amount in the short time they have to spend that money? guest: i read something this morning saying the sandy money is possibly subject to sequestration. there will be significant job loss with a lot of agencies. they say they're could be up to 2 mil
talking to people in the pentagon, a lot of them would agree with that. the problem is they are halfway through the year. they have not been preparing for this at all. they will have to squeeze all of these cuts into a six-month period. the next six months, it is implemented, it will have an impact. in 2014, it will probably be more manageable. they will be able to choose where they want to make the cuts. host: our guest is marcus weisgerber of "defense news." the first call is from...
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the pentagon will have to cut $500 billion over the next decade. the discussion was hosted by the brookings institution. >> good morning. called dissecting the pentagon strategic choices and management review. i am marvin calvin. i am a senior advisor to the center for crisis reporting which is located just next door. way back in august 2011 which is only two years ago congress passed and the president signed into law a legislative monstrosity called the budget control act. it was a way of doing something when nothing seemed worse. at least at that time. a joint committee was set up to control the spiraling deficit. congress warned that if they fail to come up with a solution sequestration would automatically although. these cuts have now begun. the pentagon was already prepared to cut 150 billion dollars over the next 10 years. sequestration would require $500 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. last week check hagel warned that cut of that magnitude would not only affect entitlement such as salary, housing, education and the like but it would
the pentagon will have to cut $500 billion over the next decade. the discussion was hosted by the brookings institution. >> good morning. called dissecting the pentagon strategic choices and management review. i am marvin calvin. i am a senior advisor to the center for crisis reporting which is located just next door. way back in august 2011 which is only two years ago congress passed and the president signed into law a legislative monstrosity called the budget control act. it was a way...
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it should be made open and should be in fact given to the pentagon and i thing this is needed not only for the transitional period but for post assad. and i think this is one of the ways that the u.s. can be very effective in shaping in fact the post assad order, which is we want and we need and most syrians would like the u.s. to play that role. i think the good news, though, is that there are a lot of countries willing to do more in the region. and i think if you read the report by the international crisis group that came out yesterday, it came with really some good recommendations. it did mention in detail challenges facing the coalition and we agree with many of them. but it says that our ally, the core group need to get their act together as well. they need to have better coordination. and for that to happen you need the u.s. leadership which has been lacking. i think that has been one of the weaknesses. the other side has fewer friends but those friends are much more effective and providing everything that the assad needs weapons, money, political support. so we have all of these
it should be made open and should be in fact given to the pentagon and i thing this is needed not only for the transitional period but for post assad. and i think this is one of the ways that the u.s. can be very effective in shaping in fact the post assad order, which is we want and we need and most syrians would like the u.s. to play that role. i think the good news, though, is that there are a lot of countries willing to do more in the region. and i think if you read the report by the...
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was beingsley clark interviewed by andy goodman -- he told her a story about visiting the pentagon. he was told by one of his general friends that the pentagon had drawn up plans to attack seven middle eastern countries in five years. if you look at the list that he gave andy goodman, you can see the game plan for what is happening now. host: where did you find that? caller: i found that on youtube. goose creek, go ahead. caller: why are we wasting our resources question mark i don't -- why are we wasting our resources? i don't think it is a good idea. host: we are hearing from democrats only. for about 50 more minutes. go ahead, samantha. caller: we have always help the massacred inre terrible circumstances in the past and we need to step up. we are the best and we need to step up and do something about all of the children i am seeing on my television dying in one day. can do this. i support my president. i am so proud of him. he involved congress. this is something we will have to wade through. host: do you think that includes getting rid of the leader of that country? caller: tha
was beingsley clark interviewed by andy goodman -- he told her a story about visiting the pentagon. he was told by one of his general friends that the pentagon had drawn up plans to attack seven middle eastern countries in five years. if you look at the list that he gave andy goodman, you can see the game plan for what is happening now. host: where did you find that? caller: i found that on youtube. goose creek, go ahead. caller: why are we wasting our resources question mark i don't -- why are...
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host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs. if we could provide more certainty for job creators, i know businesses would grow. he would hire. a part of that is to have certainty about our health care intem, which right now is major turmoil. employers do not know what to expect from the president's health care plan and their implications, so they are not hiring and they are laying off workers. if we could get that right, that would make a huge difference for our economy. the other thing is to spend wisely. budget,60% of the mandatory spending categories, and that is driving up the budget. it is time to be smart an
host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs....
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guest: senator hagel said recently that the pentagon was bloated. he says it has not been a strategic review in years. the department of defense is already cut. there's already been chairman os martin dempsey has said that if the sequester goes through are some cuts go through, -- or some cuts through -- the pentagon has been thinking about these things for the past four years. host: we're taking an in-depth look into senator chuck hagel, and we're using a lot of material from our video library. a lot of it is available to you as well. -- all of it is available to you as well. c-span.org. from 2006, senator hagel had this to say about the middle east. [video clip] >> the leaders of these countries and that particular region have failed the people. for their own reasons. not unlike much of the trouble over the years in africa. it is not america's fault. the leaders themselves of those people and those countries and those regions have failed. have american companies taken an advantage? have there been plundering, abuses? of course. the responsibility
guest: senator hagel said recently that the pentagon was bloated. he says it has not been a strategic review in years. the department of defense is already cut. there's already been chairman os martin dempsey has said that if the sequester goes through are some cuts go through, -- or some cuts through -- the pentagon has been thinking about these things for the past four years. host: we're taking an in-depth look into senator chuck hagel, and we're using a lot of material from our video...
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the three reasons are, first, the pentagon papers. even though he was actually conservative -- he came from a montreal immigrant jewish family, the first jewish editor. i talk about the jewish stop quite a bit in the book because the sulzberger's were the most this assimilated jews, under play the holocaust, and talk about that. -- and apologized for that in the 1980's. rosenthal -- pentagon papers -- four sections. does anyone know what else he did? he really changed "the times" to a much more dramatic, lively newspaper. when you take a journalism class is, you were told about the who, what, where, when, and how. the who was elevated by something called the new journalism. dramatic in nature, quotes from people telling us the who, what people were about, letting us know their motives, letting them talk to reveal their psyche. rosenthal was a proponent of this, and he brought liveliness and action to "the new york times." that is why i kind of began with -- let's all fall asleep, 21 members of the panama cabinet. rosenthal changed tha
the three reasons are, first, the pentagon papers. even though he was actually conservative -- he came from a montreal immigrant jewish family, the first jewish editor. i talk about the jewish stop quite a bit in the book because the sulzberger's were the most this assimilated jews, under play the holocaust, and talk about that. -- and apologized for that in the 1980's. rosenthal -- pentagon papers -- four sections. does anyone know what else he did? he really changed "the times" to a...
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host: how big a deal is this at the pentagon? guest: this is a big deal for the pentagon. the information in this gao report as well as the associated press report last week is usually embarrassing for the pentagon. they say this is a program we need to take a second -- take a second look at. note thatrtant to there is progress being made. people are being maimed and their names are getting back to their families but it is the inefficiency as to the speed at which that is happening is blistering. host: who is general mckeaugue who runs jpac? guest: his name will be in the spotlight. they would like to see him testify about where this effort has gone off the rails. the joint pow mia accounting -- accounting command based in hawaii. 83,000 or so americans are still missing in action. according to jpac. gave, most that you of those were from world war ii, 73,000. most are on discoverable? guest: at this time, yes. the technology does not allow us to go to the bottom of the atlantic ocean or the pacific ocean. i think it is important to remember that jpac and the general and h
host: how big a deal is this at the pentagon? guest: this is a big deal for the pentagon. the information in this gao report as well as the associated press report last week is usually embarrassing for the pentagon. they say this is a program we need to take a second -- take a second look at. note thatrtant to there is progress being made. people are being maimed and their names are getting back to their families but it is the inefficiency as to the speed at which that is happening is...
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host: does r&d come from inside the pentagon? who is overseeing this new type of technology tactics that you were attacked -- that you are talking about? and if you can answer quickly because the houses coming in, but how how do they decide they will put the resources into the osprey versus something else? going toah, i'm not be able to answer that in a short amount of time, but there are different areas that do different research. you have the blue sky stuff, the farthest out timewise and intellectually. and then you have the office of naval research, which does a lot more near-term kinds of things. they try to graduate the technology from one to the other and tried to convince the services that they would take up the reins of this. a lot of times you develop military technology to a point where it works and it has been proven, but then you need a service to adopt it. a lot of time the r&d money kind of falls off, because no one wants to spend money to adopt that program and bring it into the field. an example of a program that
host: does r&d come from inside the pentagon? who is overseeing this new type of technology tactics that you were attacked -- that you are talking about? and if you can answer quickly because the houses coming in, but how how do they decide they will put the resources into the osprey versus something else? going toah, i'm not be able to answer that in a short amount of time, but there are different areas that do different research. you have the blue sky stuff, the farthest out timewise and...
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. >> how much responsibility do you think the pentagon has for this? you saw house members suggest they've been woefully inefficient in providing records. >> i think it's delin distinguished. i think that's an excellent question. and i think that we have got to look at the d.o.d. a lot more closely than we have looked. what, at the end of the day, i think everybody says, what do you want? what you want is a system, a paperless system, when somebody goes in to the armed forces from day one until that person leaves this planet, we have access to their medical records. there should not be two separate worlds. in fact, the d.o.d. has, in my view, not done as much as they should to help us in that direction. right now, as you know, there's a major, major discussion about medical health records and need to create one system. when leon panetta was secretary of defense, working with secretary shinseki, that was it. they said it's one system. and now there's some discussion about interoperable systems, two separate systems that could so-called talk to each othe
. >> how much responsibility do you think the pentagon has for this? you saw house members suggest they've been woefully inefficient in providing records. >> i think it's delin distinguished. i think that's an excellent question. and i think that we have got to look at the d.o.d. a lot more closely than we have looked. what, at the end of the day, i think everybody says, what do you want? what you want is a system, a paperless system, when somebody goes in to the armed forces from...
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pentagon personnel. breaking news -- american airlines and us airways have completed their merger. they are now ranked as the world's biggest airline. willmerican airlines name live on while us airways will disappear. the merger survived a challenge from the government and criticism from groups who feared it would lead to higher prices. personnel changes in the administration. today is the last day for bruce president biden's chief of staff. he will have the broad foundation. succeeds bruce reed tomorrow. the senate is expected to clear a house passed ill extending for 10 years a ban on entirely plastic ones. also members will resume consideration of the 2014 defense funding bill and vote on the confirmation of patricia and the vote will be the first test of how republicans respond to the democratic changes in filibuster rules. watch live senate coverage on c- span2 at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, or you can listen today live on c-span radio. white house coverage on c-span at noon. those are the latest headli
pentagon personnel. breaking news -- american airlines and us airways have completed their merger. they are now ranked as the world's biggest airline. willmerican airlines name live on while us airways will disappear. the merger survived a challenge from the government and criticism from groups who feared it would lead to higher prices. personnel changes in the administration. today is the last day for bruce president biden's chief of staff. he will have the broad foundation. succeeds bruce...
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in cahoots with the pentagon trying to hurt sexual assault victims -- with all due respect to you, i think you are terrific, but nobody would be further in front of the line to keep you until your senseless if we don't get this problem under control. not victims vs. the pentagon and anyone characterizing the head as that is doing a disservice to victims, the military, and the members of this community that spent hours trying to find the right way to make sure that we prosecute more cases effectively. weif i can take 10 seconds, are actually very grateful for the intention that the entire committee has given to us. i want to say i look forward to our next chance to have people with experience over at the pentagon and your expertise in there. about don't need to worry me being invited. i call them. because reaching out you're calling plays on this, i was infuriated that this was somehow you guys pulling strings over here. nothing could be further from the truth. we are not going anywhere. bain a few moments, max ucus and dvid camp discuss -- and ben bernanke testifies about the economy
in cahoots with the pentagon trying to hurt sexual assault victims -- with all due respect to you, i think you are terrific, but nobody would be further in front of the line to keep you until your senseless if we don't get this problem under control. not victims vs. the pentagon and anyone characterizing the head as that is doing a disservice to victims, the military, and the members of this community that spent hours trying to find the right way to make sure that we prosecute more cases...
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victims versus the pentagon. anybody who is characterizing it as that is doing a disservice to victims and is doing a disservice to the military and doing a disservice to the members of this committee who have spent hours trying to find the right way to make sure that we prosecute more cases effectively within the military. i think you both much. >> if i could take 10 seconds great i would like to reinforce what general dempsey said. we actually are very grateful for the attention that the entire committee has given to this. it has been very helpful to us. i want to say that i look forward to our next chance to have you and other people with prosecutorial experience over to the pentagon as we have done before and get your thoughts and show you what we are doing, get your expertise. i think that >> is a productive opportunity. >>you do not need to worry about me being invited. -- i think that is a productive opportunity. >> you do not need to worry about me being invited. you guys are calling plays on this. i was
victims versus the pentagon. anybody who is characterizing it as that is doing a disservice to victims and is doing a disservice to the military and doing a disservice to the members of this committee who have spent hours trying to find the right way to make sure that we prosecute more cases effectively within the military. i think you both much. >> if i could take 10 seconds great i would like to reinforce what general dempsey said. we actually are very grateful for the attention that...
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the tricare system is the fastest-growing part of the pentagon budget. tricare spending has risen from 18 billion in 2001 to 56 billion today. this is largely the result of wartime decisions, including expanding tricare to include national guard and reserve, which it did not before because they made up 40% of the fighting force, keeping copays and enrollment fees extremely low so that the price for troops and retirees is a tiny fraction of the private sector cost. and during this time, the cost of private sector health insurance has skyrocketed, so the differential between getting health insurance in the tricare system versus in the private sector has gone from 3-1 to 9-1. so the number of people eligible for tricare who participating in the system has risen from 22% to 59% as a result of basic economics. in addition, the raw numbers of claims in the tricare system has risen extensively. for example, behavioral counseling, health counseling for troops and families rose by 65%. counseling for the children of troops has risen by 85%. medical visits from ac
the tricare system is the fastest-growing part of the pentagon budget. tricare spending has risen from 18 billion in 2001 to 56 billion today. this is largely the result of wartime decisions, including expanding tricare to include national guard and reserve, which it did not before because they made up 40% of the fighting force, keeping copays and enrollment fees extremely low so that the price for troops and retirees is a tiny fraction of the private sector cost. and during this time, the cost...
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a lot of interest in what is going on in the tricare and pentagon health care systems. i have a lot of staffers on the hill who are contacted me and my students all the time, trying to get information. i have not seen that translate into somebody who would fall on their swords, so to speak, to try and lead a complete transformation in how we think about war costs. i don't see anyone who is about to take that charge. those who have looked at it carefully, for example bob filner, who was the head of the veterans committee who very much embraced reform ideas for the disability system. he left congress now and is mayor of san diego. so some of them have moved on. >> [indiscernible] >> two years ago when doug holtz-eakin and i were leading a discussion on the lifting of the debt ceiling, some other republicans who were there actually walked out of the room. this year we did not have that. more willing to listen. wing of theextreme tea party typically does not attend the harvard new members conferences. [laughter] >> among economists, is very significant debate about your est
a lot of interest in what is going on in the tricare and pentagon health care systems. i have a lot of staffers on the hill who are contacted me and my students all the time, trying to get information. i have not seen that translate into somebody who would fall on their swords, so to speak, to try and lead a complete transformation in how we think about war costs. i don't see anyone who is about to take that charge. those who have looked at it carefully, for example bob filner, who was the head...
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strategies are devised from the bottom up in both the pentagon and the congress. in the pentagon, requirements are generated through a process that michelle understands better than i do. i have tried. i will tell you that by the time that process would reach the level of michelle, it is not fully baked. it is substantially day. it is not impossible for a gifted bureaucrat michelle's level to move that ross is, but it is challenging. , but it is challenging. a lot of bargains have been strapped and he gets very hard even to the pentagon leadership to fundamentally reorient it. in the congress, a parallel processes happening. it originates in the congressional districts and with constituent enterprises. works its way up through individual congressmen. at the top level, we decry an absence of leadership. thent you to see, among most highly motivated congressmen and secretaries of defense, the system makes it to makey difficult agile, strategic moves for reorientation. it is not impossible to beat this. you had a very high degree of clarity at the top, and that clarit
strategies are devised from the bottom up in both the pentagon and the congress. in the pentagon, requirements are generated through a process that michelle understands better than i do. i have tried. i will tell you that by the time that process would reach the level of michelle, it is not fully baked. it is substantially day. it is not impossible for a gifted bureaucrat michelle's level to move that ross is, but it is challenging. , but it is challenging. a lot of bargains have been strapped...
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those of you who don't know, there was a class-action suit against defense secretary gates and the pentagon for not taking note of the sexual harassment charges that women had been sexually harassed. 17 former and current members of the military suit -- sued, claiming that this behavior, this not paying attention by the pentagon had led to violence against women being tolerated. the suit was dismissed, and then in the spring of this year you testified in front of the senate armed services committee. and you discussed your experience of being raped in afghanistan and your feelings about the military criminal justice system and i wanted to just ask you about your decision. these were big steps to come forward, to go public, and to testify about your experience. can you talk about this decision, and your decision to become an advocate? >> like i said, i got dealt a bad hand. just because i had a bad experience in the military does not mean that everyone else had. sometimes i feel like in the talk around this issue of sexual violence in the military, a lot of the get stereotyped. i try to debun
those of you who don't know, there was a class-action suit against defense secretary gates and the pentagon for not taking note of the sexual harassment charges that women had been sexually harassed. 17 former and current members of the military suit -- sued, claiming that this behavior, this not paying attention by the pentagon had led to violence against women being tolerated. the suit was dismissed, and then in the spring of this year you testified in front of the senate armed services...
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host: senator chuck hagel very recently said that the pentagon was bloated. he said it it had to do a serious strategic review. i think that shows a little bit of how out of touch he is. the department of defense has already cut $800 billion out of plan and current spending. there has already banned a big whack out of defense spending. this is in addition to the $493 that would happen if sequester takes place. he seems to not realize that. the chairman of the joint chiefs has said that the sec -- if the sequester goes through or if some cuts go through, they would have to rethink their strategic posture. the pentagon has been rethinking these things for the past four years in a serious way. unfortunately, senator chuck hagel does not seem to recognize there has been this review. host: we are taking an in-depth look into senator chuck hagel, the choice by the president to be the defense secretary. we are using a lot of material from our c-span video library. you can check out any time at our website at c-span.org/ . five mythsning, about chuck hagel. >> the le
host: senator chuck hagel very recently said that the pentagon was bloated. he said it it had to do a serious strategic review. i think that shows a little bit of how out of touch he is. the department of defense has already cut $800 billion out of plan and current spending. there has already banned a big whack out of defense spending. this is in addition to the $493 that would happen if sequester takes place. he seems to not realize that. the chairman of the joint chiefs has said that the sec...
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those of you who don't know, it was a class action suit against the defense secretary gates and the pentagon for not taking note of the thatl harassment charges women had been sexually harassed. 17 former and current members of d,e military suit -- sue claiming that this not paying attention by the pentagon had led to violence against -- violence being tolerated. the suit was dismissed. in the spring of this year, you testified in front of the senate armed services committee, and you discussed your experience of being raked in afghanistan and your feelings about the military criminal justice system. i wanted to just ask you about your decision, the steps to go forward, to come forward, to go public, and to testify about your experience. can you talk about this decision , and then your decision to become an advocate for changes in the military justice system? like i said, my experience is not the experience of all women. i got dealt a bad hand in a manner of speaking. just because i had a bad experience in the military doesn't necessarily mean that everyone else had one. sometimes i feel like
those of you who don't know, it was a class action suit against the defense secretary gates and the pentagon for not taking note of the thatl harassment charges women had been sexually harassed. 17 former and current members of d,e military suit -- sue claiming that this not paying attention by the pentagon had led to violence against -- violence being tolerated. the suit was dismissed. in the spring of this year, you testified in front of the senate armed services committee, and you discussed...
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we came up with a model that fixed the pentagon. the pentagon used to have the services staffing and fighting separate wars. they would equip themselves separately. we decided to do what the military did. a joint command was created. he can come from any military service. they now trained and equipped to gather. -- togetherthe dni is the joint commander across 16 intel agencies. he leverage is their strength to produce intel products. that is the backbone of how we get intelligence to policy makers and that has dramatically improved. on the fusion centers, that is a different thing. those are local centers that have gone up to serve local law enforcement. they pull together national intelligence streams that they get from the homeland security department or the fbi with streams of local intelligence and a share it. the homelands department has tried to insist on privacy in these agencies and provide some financial support. this is a work in progress. some of them worked very well. one in los angeles works very well. other communitie
we came up with a model that fixed the pentagon. the pentagon used to have the services staffing and fighting separate wars. they would equip themselves separately. we decided to do what the military did. a joint command was created. he can come from any military service. they now trained and equipped to gather. -- togetherthe dni is the joint commander across 16 intel agencies. he leverage is their strength to produce intel products. that is the backbone of how we get intelligence to policy...
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leaders of the pentagon have only begun to accept that. ears theys -- for y pretended that was not going to happen. weeks we havefew seen them wrestle with the questions about how we are going to meet the spending caps. host: i'll call from detroit, michigan on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. a few things i would like to discuss. the reason why we won't have a draft is because wealthy people their children will not have to go to war. i remember during the vietnam war were people enrolled in --lege and took back it basket weaving in order to get out of the draft. that is how the whole stand. i personally believe that not all the people who enlist our going there because they're wanted to be in the army. it is a matter of fact that they can't get a job here. that was just a side comment. on c-span, within the last few months, they had someone talking about the lavish lifestyle of generals and the upper officers, where they have lavish dinner parties with soldiers serving them. they live lives of luxury. i think, from what i'v
leaders of the pentagon have only begun to accept that. ears theys -- for y pretended that was not going to happen. weeks we havefew seen them wrestle with the questions about how we are going to meet the spending caps. host: i'll call from detroit, michigan on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. a few things i would like to discuss. the reason why we won't have a draft is because wealthy people their children will not have to go to war. i remember during the vietnam war were people...
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the forefront of watching the pentagon. not because we hate soldiers, on the contrary. because the founders of this republic correctly identify the concentration of military power constitute the threat of liberty. >> in the back of your book, it takes about the american empire project. and it writes some of the other people that are writing for that project, gnome comes kee, chalmers johnson who's deceased, yourself, james carroll, michael claire, and others. and most of those people would not be cat gorized as conservative. let me ask you, why would you be a part of this group. and what is the american empire project. >> it's not my project. but it's a series of -- i'm happy to be a part of it. i'm thrilled to be a part of it. the american empire project is a series of books that were published by metropolitan books. that's my publisher. the series is conceived of by two guys. one of whom is tom ingleheart. he is my editor and friend. he's emphatically a person of the left of every aspect of his politics. and it -- why am
the forefront of watching the pentagon. not because we hate soldiers, on the contrary. because the founders of this republic correctly identify the concentration of military power constitute the threat of liberty. >> in the back of your book, it takes about the american empire project. and it writes some of the other people that are writing for that project, gnome comes kee, chalmers johnson who's deceased, yourself, james carroll, michael claire, and others. and most of those people...
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. >> the pentagon scenarios are also based on the left work. like regulation. >> right. one of the lessons you thought people learn coming out of the 2008 crisis is you can chop up risk, but risk does not disappear. now we are seeing on our side of the world, while you're taking a a risk, you're concentrating it. you will be a will to liquidate it your putting products in the trade four times a day. you need prices covered, liquidity. there is a sense of somehow or another -- i've taken risk, moved it from here to here, it is gone. it is not gone. it is still there. we cannot that basic fundamental understanding. i agree with gary. financial stability and transparency in the regulators. they're struggling with how do you capture the risk in the system, how do you identify it. of information. hopefully we'll get there. brits does not disappear. you cannot cap losses. -- aor banks goes belly up loss is a loss. wax rights. so that race -- >> right. so that raises a question. is the problem that some of these banks are too big, or is the problem that, or is bigness not the p
. >> the pentagon scenarios are also based on the left work. like regulation. >> right. one of the lessons you thought people learn coming out of the 2008 crisis is you can chop up risk, but risk does not disappear. now we are seeing on our side of the world, while you're taking a a risk, you're concentrating it. you will be a will to liquidate it your putting products in the trade four times a day. you need prices covered, liquidity. there is a sense of somehow or another -- i've...
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those of you who don't know, it was a class action suit against the defense secretary gates and the pentagon for not taking note of the thatl harassment charges women had been sexually harassed. 17 former and current members of d,e military suit -- sue claiming that this not paying attention by the pentagon had led to violence against -- violence being tolerated. the suit was dismissed. in the spring of this year, you testified in front of the senate armed services committee, and you discussed your experience of being raked in afghanistan and your feelings about the military criminal justice system. i wanted to just ask you about your decision, the steps to go forward, to come forward, to go public, and to testify about your experience. can you talk about this decision , and then your decision to become an advocate for changes in the military justice system? like i said, my experience is not the experience of all women. i got dealt a bad hand in a manner of speaking. just because i had a bad experience in the military doesn't necessarily mean that everyone else had one. sometimes i feel like
those of you who don't know, it was a class action suit against the defense secretary gates and the pentagon for not taking note of the thatl harassment charges women had been sexually harassed. 17 former and current members of d,e military suit -- sue claiming that this not paying attention by the pentagon had led to violence against -- violence being tolerated. the suit was dismissed. in the spring of this year, you testified in front of the senate armed services committee, and you discussed...
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the pentagon must change its culture. hackers assault media sites. middle eastern hackers infiltrated a delivery service giving them possible stees some of the largest news sites on thursday. an online group call the syrian electronic army representing supporters hacked the internet service -- back to egypt. gary, greenville, mississippi, republican. good morning. gary, are you there? caller: i am. host: go ahead, sir. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i don't understand how some report the current administration in egypt because they were elected by the people. and we the american people, we supported their election. i mean, even john mccain who's a celebrated veteran said that this is a coo there. so i'm not so much for or against anything, but i think when americans call your show that we should understand that we supported this democratic effort that took place in egypt. and we should consider those things before we get on here talking negatively or positively about the subject. but i just don't understand how e're so kind of sh
the pentagon must change its culture. hackers assault media sites. middle eastern hackers infiltrated a delivery service giving them possible stees some of the largest news sites on thursday. an online group call the syrian electronic army representing supporters hacked the internet service -- back to egypt. gary, greenville, mississippi, republican. good morning. gary, are you there? caller: i am. host: go ahead, sir. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i don't understand how...
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once that concluded we both went back to the pentagon and immediately i ordered the deployment of these forces. >> in between 9:42 p.m. benghazi time when the first attack started at 5:00 p.m. when they lost their lives, what conversations it either of you have was secretary clinton/ -- would secretary clinton? >> would not have any conversations with secretary clinton. >> is the same trooper you -- true for you? my time is expired. senator we ask you about securing the compound in 23 days to do so. -- and the 23 days to do so. we saw news crews seeing sensitive documents. you said that you were not requested to secure the compound. had you been requested to secure the compound, the u.s. military could have done so effectively. >> yes. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> you can watch more on their testimony on the attack on the consulate's in benghazi. next, a feral ceremony for outgoing defense secretary leon panetta. president obama and the joint chiefs of staff paid tribute to him. the cere
once that concluded we both went back to the pentagon and immediately i ordered the deployment of these forces. >> in between 9:42 p.m. benghazi time when the first attack started at 5:00 p.m. when they lost their lives, what conversations it either of you have was secretary clinton/ -- would secretary clinton? >> would not have any conversations with secretary clinton. >> is the same trooper you -- true for you? my time is expired. senator we ask you about securing the...